Liverpool loanee Owen Beck bitten by opponent then sent off for Blackburn

Owen Beck was successful the centre of a chaotic infinitesimal during Blackburn’s goalless gully astatine Preston, being bitten connected the cervix and past shown a consecutive reddish card.

The 22-year-old, who is connected indebtedness from Liverpool, kicked retired astatine Preston’s Duane Holmes, leaving the American connected the floor.

Holmes’ teammate Milutin Osmajic reacted successful an insane way, sinking his teeth into the backmost of Beck’s neck.

The young full-back couldn’t judge it and was trying to amusement the wound people successful his tegument to the referee and his assistant.

However, the officials did not look to beryllium funny and Beck was shown a reddish paper for the foul connected Holmes.

Speaking retired connected the incidental aft the contest, a remarkably relaxed Blackburn brag John Eustace told Sky Sports: ‘That’s what happens successful section derbies, emotions get precise high.

‘You tin spot from the tv pictures that the kid has took a large chunk retired of his neck. That’s portion of being successful the derby, I suppose.’

Preston manager Paul Heckingbottom said: ‘I’ve conscionable been told that there’s a assertion of a wound from Mile, truthful we’ll person to hold and spot what happens regarding that.

‘Whether determination is oregon not, I’m commenting connected thing I’ve been told happened, which I’m unaware of truthful we’ll conscionable person to hold and see.

‘We don’t privation biting connected a shot pitch, we cognize that’s not allowed, truthful that’s an casual 1 to address.’

Osmajic was booked aft the incident, portion Preston’s Sam Greenwood was sent disconnected successful the archetypal fractional of the atrocious tempered game.

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